I love Kool April Nights. Last night the parade was awesome, especially because we missed it last year so I had been looking forward to it since the parade in 2006! I love everything about it: the smell of exhaust, the roar of the engines, the smoke from the tires, the way it brings all of Redding out to the streets, etc. I have been going to the Kool April Night's parade since I was a kid. My dad used to take us out every year and we'd sit out on Park Marina and watch the cars go by. I loved it. In high school I could have named every single car in the parade and I could have told you almost everything about it. The sound of a beefed up engine gets the adrenaline pumping through my veins, it's a rush for me. I just want to get behind the wheel of a '69 Camaro and take off down the drag strip. Many of you may not know but my first car was a Camaro. I raced anyone and everyone that would let me race them. My friends and I used to go out, in the middle of the night, to Clear Creek Road and drag on the illegal (but free) drag strip. It was awesome, dangerous, but awesome. If we ever have kids don't tell them I told you that!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Kool April Nights
I love Kool April Nights. Last night the parade was awesome, especially because we missed it last year so I had been looking forward to it since the parade in 2006! I love everything about it: the smell of exhaust, the roar of the engines, the smoke from the tires, the way it brings all of Redding out to the streets, etc. I have been going to the Kool April Night's parade since I was a kid. My dad used to take us out every year and we'd sit out on Park Marina and watch the cars go by. I loved it. In high school I could have named every single car in the parade and I could have told you almost everything about it. The sound of a beefed up engine gets the adrenaline pumping through my veins, it's a rush for me. I just want to get behind the wheel of a '69 Camaro and take off down the drag strip. Many of you may not know but my first car was a Camaro. I raced anyone and everyone that would let me race them. My friends and I used to go out, in the middle of the night, to Clear Creek Road and drag on the illegal (but free) drag strip. It was awesome, dangerous, but awesome. If we ever have kids don't tell them I told you that!
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I just wrote about the parade. It was fun. What a nice memory of you and your dad. Anna, you a street racer??? :)
ReplyDeleteDid you know Mendy Hess? she also raced... WOW. What an interesting underworld 'small town drag racers'
ReplyDeleteI had no idea, thanks for sharing Anna. =)
Oh my gosh! I didn't know you did the Clear Creek drag racing! That is so crazy. I always thought it was the bad kids who did that. ;) You are bad girl, Anna! And I never knew it. ha ha!
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